The purpose of this study is to determine whether clamp-crush technique for liver parenchymal transection is as safe as Harmonic scalpel device. outcomes will include: perioperative mortality, surgery-related complications, blood loss, amount of blood loss during hepatectomy, operating time, transection speed, markers of liver parenchymal injury and hospital stay.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
72
a method for liver parenchymal transection
a method for liver parenchymal transection
Gastro-enterolgy surgical center, Mansoura University
Al Mansurah, Al-Dakahleia, Egypt
blood loss during hepatectomy
bleeding during transection phase will be calculated in mL. based on the blood in the sucker machine and the surgical towels
Time frame: intraoperative
transection speed
the transection speed will be calculated in minutes based on the relation between the transecition time divided by the surface area of the raw area of the graft measured on the backtable.
Time frame: intraoperative
liver pathology from the cut margin
the area of necrosis will be measured in millimeters by the pathologist
Time frame: intraoperative
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